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14 Sep 2007 07:01

Liberty PLC14 September 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14th September 2007 LIBERTY APPOINTS INTERNET DIRECTOR Liberty Plc, the iconic luxury brand and West End retail emporium, todayannounces another senior appointment as part of its strategy to establish thebusiness as a major global luxury brand. Guy Hipwell, 37, has been appointed Director of Internet, Supply Chain andRetail Merchandising, effective from October 2007. His principalresponsibilities are to develop Liberty's e-commerce offer to reflect, inparticular, growing international awareness of the Liberty of London luxurybrand, streamline the Group's supply chain and assume control of themerchandising function. Guy is joining Liberty from Harrods where he contributed significantly to thedevelopment of the store's merchandising and e-commerce divisions. Most recentlyhe was Director of Home Shopping and prior to that Controller of MerchandisePlanning. For the last two years Guy has also been a member of the store'smanagement board. Before that he was responsible for merchandising ande-commerce at Storehouse Group and Arcadia. Geoffroy de La Bourdonnaye, Liberty's Chief Executive, said: "Guy is the rightman to help develop Liberty's e-commerce platform and expand its customer basebeyond the flagship store. I am very proud to welcome such a highly experiencedsenior executive whose expertise in both retail and the Internet will addfurther momentum to our plans to become a global luxury player." Ends. Contact: Geoffroy de La Bourdonnaye, Chief Executive, Liberty. Tel: 020 7734 1234 Baron Phillips, Baron Phillips Associates. Tel: 020 7920 3161 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange